Rail-joint fastening.



No. 765,269. PATENTED'JULY 19, 1904. W. T. BROWN & .w. c. WATSON.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

WATT T. BROWN, OF LOOK NO. 3, AND WILLIAM C. WATSON, OF RAG- LAND,ALABAMA.

RAIL-JOINT FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,269, dated July 19,1904.

Application filed May 13,1904:- Serial No. 207,798. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VVATT T. BROWN, residing at Lock N o. 3, andWILLIAM C. WAT- soN, residing at Ragland, in the county of St. Clair andState of Alabama, citizens of the United States, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Rail-Joint Fastenings; and we do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in rail-jointfastenings; and the object of the invention is to produce a simple andeflicient means which will securely hold the ends of rails together,means being provided whereby jars on the track may be taken up and meansalso being provided to allow the rails to move slightly in case ofincrease of friction on compound curves.

The invention consists in various details of construction and incombinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

We illustrate our invention in the accompanying drawings, which, withtheletters of reference marked thereon,form a part of this application,and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of our improvedrailway-joint apparatus. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the tiesupon which the meeting ends of the rails are held, and Fig. 3 is adetail sectional View showing the manner in which the rail ends are heldto the tie.

Reference nowbeing' had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a tie made, preferably, of metal and having its lower edgerecessed away in a manner to fit bridge-trusses, and said ties areprovided with apertures a, through which bolts or pins may be passed tofasten the tie to the bridge-trusses. Projecting from the upper surfaceof said tie are the lugs A and A, which have overhanging portions Aunder which the flanges B of the rails B are adapted to engage. Alsoris- 5 ing from the tie are the upwardly-extending projections A betweenwhich are recesses D, the bottoms of which recesses are continuous withthe rib or raised portion D upon said tie. E designates a pin whichrises from said rib or raised portion D and is midway between theprojections A and is provided to engage an aperture F, formed in therail-engaging bar F. Said bar F has heads H, having overhanging portionsH at the ends thereof adapted to engage over the inner flanges of railsheld to said ties. The shank portion of the bar F is adapted to rest insaid recesses D adjacent to the heads H, as shown clearly in theperspective view of the drawings. Lug A, which projects from the uppersurface of the tie, has a spring A mounted therein and against which theouter flange of one of the rails is adapted to contact, and a flexibleor spring key K is adapted to be inserted inter- 7o mediate a shoulder hand the iiangeof a rail,

as shown in the perspective view of the drawings, and provided to allowa slight frictional movement intermediate said spring A* and thespring-key incident to the variations of 7 5 weather or strain comingupon the compound curves. The lug A has a recessed portion A in its sidewall underneath the overhanging portion A thereof, forming shoulders Awhich are adapted to be engaged by the shoulo ders formed at the ends ofthe recesses N in the outer edges of the flanges of the rail T, as shownin the sectional View of the drawings. After the meeting ends of tworails having recesses N in the outer edges thereof have 5 been placedupon a tie and the shoulders in the flanges thereof inserted in saidrecess A wedges Q are driven intermediate the opposite edge of theflanges of the meeting ends of the rails and the upright wall of thehead 9 H of said bar F, thereby securely holding the rails with theirshoulders engaging the shoulders in the ends of the lugs A".

By the provision of the rail-joint and fastening apparatus, as shown, itwill be observed that a simple and eflicient means is provided forsecurely holding the meeting ends of the rails together, and mechanismis provided whereby a slight frictional movement may be allowed to oneof the rails upon a compound curve.

While we have shown a particular constr uction of apparatus illustratingour invention, it will be understood that we may alter the same as todetails, if desired, without in any way departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A railway-joint comprising a tie having overhanging lugs projectingfrom the upper surface thereof, a locking-bar having overhanging headportions, a pin projecting from said tie and passing through an aperturein said bar, projections upon the upper surface of said tie betweenwhich the shank portion of said bar is held from lateral movement, andwedging means adapted to hold the meeting ends of rails intermediatesaid flanges and locking-bar, as set forth.

2. A rail-joint comprising a tie having upwardly-extending andoverhanging lugs thereon, a pin rising from said tie, a locking-barhaving overhanging head portions, projections extending from the uppersurface of said tie with recesses between the same in which the shankportion of said bar is adapted to rest,

a spring seated in a recess in one of said lugs and adapted to bearagainst the flange of a rail, and a spring-key interposed between theflange of a rail and one of the heads of said locking-bar, as set forth.

3. A rail-joint comprising a tie having lugs projecting from the uppersurface thereof and notched on their inner faces, one of said lugshaving a recess in a vertical wall of its notched portion, a pin risingfrom said tie, a lockingbar having notched heads, projections risingfrom said tie, with recesses between the same engaged by the shankportion of said lockingbar, rails having recesses in their outerportions, the shoulders of the notches in said flanges adapted to engageshoulders formed at the ends of the recess in said lugs, wedge membersinterposed between the inner edges of the flanges of the meeting ends ofrails and the adjacent heads of said locking-bar, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WATT T. BROWN. WILLIAM 0. WA SON.

Witnesses:

W; T. FLOYD, SIDNEY GLENN.

